How will these two girls have any fun at all? As it turns out, it’s not that hard when both girls are looking for a friend! What starts with a simple “hello” and “konnichiwa” becomes a day filled with fun in the snow.Įach girl’s love of play, snow, and making a new friend transcends the need to speak the same language, and by using simple words in their own languages, along with a bit of charades, the girls find they have all they need to build a snow creature.Īn important book to show children that speaking the same language isn’t a prerequisite to making a new friend. /rebates/2fThe-Earth-Shook-A-Persian-Tale-Donna-Jo-Napoli2fbook2f11330870&.
You can visit her online at From School Library Journal: Starred Review. Little Parisa-Farsi, left alone after an earthquake demolishes her home of Bam, Iran. : The Earth Shook: A Persian Tale (9781423104483) by Napoli, Donna Jo and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available. Donna Jo is the head of the linguistics department at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband and their children. Best selling author Donna Jo Napoli and her son, Robert Furrow, and illustrator Heather Maione, have created an enormously likable. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn’t speak English and the American girl doesn’t speak Japanese. Her recent picture books include The Earth Shook and Mama Miti. When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window.
"A clever and innovative bilingual English/Japanese picture book about a Japanese girl and an American girl who prove you don’t need to speak the same language to understand each other. Little Parisa-Farsi, left alone after an earthquake demolishes her home of Bam, Iran, inspires the animals.
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